Another grain silo exploded in Brazil
1,300,000 visitors at Expo Rural 2023. The event had 1,382 animal exhibitors and 400 commercial exhibitors of agricultural machinery, trucks, products and inputs. (Expo Rural 2023)
Chinese Ambassador to Argentina, Zou Xiaoli, announced a task force with the National Service of Sanity and Agri-Food Quality to negotiate the opening of the market for bovine and pork offals and the reopening for poultry meat and wheat from Argentina to China. (Chinese Embassy in Argentina)
Inpasa Brasil announced an investment of US$ 250 million for the construction of a corn ethanol industrial facility in Sidrolândia, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. The company is considered the biggest corn ethanol processor in Latin America. (Inpasa)
Another grain silo exploded, with a storage capacity for 30 thousand tonnes, on August 2nd in the city of Confresa, State of Mato Grosso. There were no deaths. (Military Fire Brigade)
According to the researcher at Desafios Agro, Germison Tomquelski, the expectation for the off-season corn is a reduction in the occurrence of corn leafhoppers (Dalbulus maidis). “In addition to a natural contribution of the climate – that in this season was more favorable to crop management and to corn plants than to the leafhopper – farmers invested in initial care and in more diversified and complementary integrated management, with strategies such as the removal of unwanted spontaneous corn plants”, said Tomquelski. (Desafios Agro)
Milk ranchers from the State of Rio Grande do Sul held protests at the border with Argentina. According to them, the imports of dairy products from Mercosur are harming local production. In the 1H of 2023, Brazil imported 116 thousand tonnes of milk and dairy products, an increase of 240% compared to the same period of 2022. The protest was organized by the Federation of Agricultural Workers and had more than 1.4 thousand ranchers. (Fetag-RS)
Chile is facing a “megadrought” for over 10 years. According to Felipe Garrido, a member of the water resources committee of the Infrastructure Policy Council, building reservoirs in the country can take up to 50 years. “We are talking about projects that require a very high investment and are politically controversial. Developing reservoirs requires a very strong State policy,” said Garrido. (Bnamericas)
Chilean prune exports increased 35% in the 1H of 2023. The increase is even higher when considering FOB value of shipments, that reached US$ 104.4 million, 40% more than in the same period in 2022. The strong growth of the consumer market in China, Germany and Mexico explains the increase. Chinese people, for example, consumed three times more dried plums from Chile than in 2022. (Chileprunes)
Universities of Bologna, in Italy, and Uniminuto, in Bogotá, signed a cooperation agreement on sustainable agriculture, to facilitate the training and migration of professors between the countries. “The objective is to improve knowledge on organic and
Japan lifts blockades on chicken meat imports from Colombia. Since October of 2022, the Asian country had blocked the trade because of the 49 cases of avian flu. (Agricultural Institute of Colombia)
Mexico’s economy continues to perform positively, with a growth of 3.6% in the 2Q of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. (Inegi)
The Bioceanic Corridor should leverage agribusiness in the Chaco region. Despite the development potential of the region, it lacks the infrastructure necessary for the flow of agricultural production. “The Bioceanic Route will be very interesting for us, as we will be able to export our meat directly from Alto Paraguay to Chile and Brazil…”, according to Niversindo Cordeiro, vice-president of the Rural Association of Alto Chaco Regional Paraguay. (ARP – Alto Chaco)
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